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NASCIO: Open data efforts maturing

By GCN Staff

May 27, 2014

A new report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers finds that open data initiatives are advancing at all levels of government in the United States. States and local governments in particular have partnered with industry to create innovative ways to deliver data to individual, business and government consumers.

“Government data is in demand, and a principal consumer of that data is government itself,” said Carolyn Parnell, co-chair of the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture & Governance Committee and chief information officer for the state of Minnesota. “One of the most significant outcomes we’re seeing is the sharing of data across state agencies and across jurisdictions. That can enable cross agency and cross jurisdiction coordination and orchestration which in turn leads to more effective delivery of state government services,” she said.

In this stage, states need to grow their open data initiatives by creating a formal vision and strategy, and working in consultation with other government stakeholders and industry. In addition, open data managers should:

The report offers detailed examples from states as they’ve worked through the policy, management and technology challenges related to open data. Besides lessons learned, the report includes an appendix of states’ open data legislation.